Propagate the return value of of_dma_controller_register() in probe()
instead of ignoring it.

Fixes: a580b8c5429a6 ("dmaengine: mxs-dma: add dma support for i.MX23/28")
Signed-off-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@nxp.com>
---
 drivers/dma/mxs-dma.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/dma/mxs-dma.c b/drivers/dma/mxs-dma.c
index c7e535c91469f0d819d6fe7465725736dc6128d8..dbc8747de591cc83e39ef873633418f41b5ea982 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/mxs-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/mxs-dma.c
@@ -825,6 +825,7 @@ static int mxs_dma_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(dev,
 			"failed to register controller\n");
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	dev_info(mxs_dma->dma_device.dev, "initialized\n");

-- 
2.34.1

On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 12:34 AM Frank Li <Frank.Li@nxp.com> wrote:
>
> Propagate the return value of of_dma_controller_register() in probe()
> instead of ignoring it.
>
> Fixes: a580b8c5429a6 ("dmaengine: mxs-dma: add dma support for i.MX23/28")
> Signed-off-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@nxp.com>

I think you can send this as an independent patch or at least put it
first in the series as it is a bugfix.